E2266. Radiology Education via Live Broadcasting on Facebook and YouTube
Authors
Lilly Kauffman;
Johns Hopkins University
Elliot Fishman;
Johns Hopkins University
Background
Social media is an excellent way to share information on a global scale and live broadcasting has made it possible to hold casual lectures on social media. In this presentation, we explore live broadcasting for Facebook and YouTube and compare our numbers for several months' worth of live broadcasts.
Educational Goals / Teaching Points
Explain how to use both Facebook & YouTube Live for medical and radiology education. Examples of how we've used both platforms for radiology education. A comparison of data from several months' worth of live broadcasts. An overall comparison of the two platforms for live broadcasting.
Key Anatomic/Physiologic Issues and Imaging Findings/Techniques
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Conclusion
Preference of use between Facebook and YouTube is up to the individual user. Both platforms performed about the same. However, considering our YouTube has only a fraction of the followers as our Facebook, it seems to be the better platform for reaching a bigger audience.
